Allah The Exalted — Page 126
126 Allah the Exalted hīmiyyat are in operation all the time in all the worlds. It should be borne in mind that by the phrase Mālik-i-Yaum- id-Din in Surah Fatihah, it is not meant that reward and punishment would be awarded only on the Judgement Day. The Holy Qur'an has repeatedly made it clear that the Judgement Day will be the time of the grand recom- pense, but that one type of recompense begins in this very world, which is indicated in the verse: يَجْعَلْ لَّكُمْ فُرْقَانَا 103 [Kashtī Nūḥ, Rūķānī Khazā'in, Vol. 19, pp. 32-42] According to the Holy Qur'an, God is on earth as well as in the heaven, as He has said: هُوَ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ إِلَهُ وَ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلهُ 104 He it is Who is God in heaven and God on earth. He has also said that no three are gathered together for secret consultation, but that God is the fourth among them. He is Limitless as is said in the verse: لا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَبْصَارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأَبْصَارَ 105 Eyes cannot reach His limit, but He reaches their limit. It is also said in the Holy Qur'an: وَ نَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ 106 We are closer to him than his jugular vein. At one place, it is said that God comprehends everything and it is also said: 103 'He creates discrimination between you. ' al-Anfal, 8:30 [Publisher] 104 al-Zukhruf, 43:85 [Publisher] 105 al-An'am, 6:104 [Publisher] 106 Qaf, 50:17 [Publisher]